I would say the area is covered for "decent" and "ok" rather than "great" local restaurants. Only Franklins and Palmerston stick out as places I would recommend people travel to from, say, North London The rest are somewhere between, "not great but good people and ok food, always happy to have an evening there" to "hmm?. " Food shops, we do better on. You will, I'm sure hear from people on here who take their daily life's pleasure in laughing at anyone willing to, god forbid, stand in line for a decent cut of meat but between Sparkes van, the two William Rose butcher shops and the several expanding fruit and veg shops, we are pretty spoilt for choice. How many can sustain the business for the next critical year or two I'm not sure The area didn't have most of these shops when I moved here 10 years ago, so it wasn't what attracted me to the area but I did notice the one or two shops already focusing on this market doing very very well indeed. I suspect quite a lot of people who have moved in since then noticed similar. I think the bar culture which has taken root in the area attracts people with different interests however - it remains to be seen if those punters are as interested in foody culture